En la Boca del Lobo (2014)
"The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel"
Synopsis
Based on a true story and the book, At the Devil's Table: The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel by award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel, En la Boca del Lobo follows the series of events that ultimately lead to the dramatic downfall of Colombia’s infamous Cali drug cartel. The story centers on Ricardo Salgado, an engineer and soldier who rises ranks and became in charge of the security of the godfather of the Cali Cartel, one of the largest criminal organizations in the world and rival of the Medellin Cartel.
Creator
Juan Pablo Posada, Claudia Valencia
Network
RCN, UniMás
Episodes
La Vida En El Infierno
Infamous Cali drug cartel is the biggest criminal organization in the world and its leaders are the most wanted men in Colombia, but finding out their location seems an impossible mission due to the support they get from the police.
El Comienzo
Chacho gets in trouble with Flavio over a woman; Ricardo agrees to work for Manuel so as to be able to kill Escolar.
Amor En Tiempos de Guerra
Irene is in charge of taking Orlando and Richie to Cali with the aim of catching Pablo Escobar; Richie and Lena spend the night together.
Bebé en Camino
Flavio Escolar's men try to kill Wilson's girlfriend, but Ricardo thwarts their plans; Lena discovers she expecting Ricardo's child; Toa tells Lena Ricardo is working for the mafia.
Amenazas
Ricardo finds the gifts Toa left Lena and she lets him know he is going to be a father; Ricardo and his hit men go on a mission to capture Escolar.
La calma antes de la tormenta
Manuel lets his business partners know they are going to take control of Escolar's routes to try to make peace with the rest of the drug lords; Tigre's pilot dies in a helicopter accident; Ricardo tells his father Lena is pregnant.
Ajustes
Anala promises Ricardo she will get Lena an appointment with a specialist.
Entre la espada y la pared
Ricardo tells Lena they're moving in to the same building where the Ramrez-Orjuela live; Anala tells Manuel she is pregnant with his child.
Todo Listo
The young man who taps phone calls for Manuel is found dead with a message from Flavio Escolar; Ricardo suspects a hit man is going to try to kill Chacho at the soccer field.
Cancelada
Although hit men open fire at the soccer field, Chacho escapes unharmed; Anala asks Manuel for money to help her brother.
Influencias
Niurca and Ricardo open a term deposit account at a bank in Panama, which strengthens Ricardo's ties with the cartel even more; Lena asks Ricardo to break away from the cartel, but he lets her know it is not that easy.
Traicion en la Familia
Gerardo admits to Ricardo that he is working for Escolar; Amanda belives Anala could be her cousin's accomplice; Lena is promoted to manager at the bank.
Lealtad
Ricardo examines the plane and realizes it doesn't belong to a collector, but to the Federal Police; Ricardo learns Thompson works for the Senate, so he runs away to El Salvador.
Puntos de Encuentro
It becomes public that Cali Cartel has ordered Ricardo to kill Flavio Escolar; Manuel tells Ricardo to take a vacation to get away from the organization; Edilberto tells Manuel to turn himself into police.
La Venganza
Ricardo is discharged from the military reserve; Ricardo fakes his own death during the explosion caused by Escolar and Agredo prevents Lena from being hurt.
Gol?
The Ramrez-Orjuela kill two of Escolar's men as a warning; Ricardo tries to find the way to break away from the cartel; Manuel tells Ricardo that Escolar has been captured.
Interrogatorio
Manuel is not willing to hand himself over to the authorities because he's not happy with the conditions; Oquendo kills one of Manuel's men for sexually harassing his wife Sandra, but a man sees him and reports the murder to the police.
Oferta de Paz
Ricardo manages to obtain Oquendo's radio frequency to get information; Manuel commands his men to kill Oquendo and comforts Sandra; Marcelo's brother tells Sandra the Ramrez and Orjuela families had Marcelo killed.
Atrapado
The colonel tells Palencia that he already knows everything; Manuel explains to Sandra that he only wants to protect her.
Vientos favorables
The search unit shows up at Manuel's home, but he manages to escape with Palencia's help; Calleja tells Ricardo Irene has died in an accident.
Se queda o se va
Ricardo obtains pictures and videos in which Nelly and Vzquez are exposed; Alejo escapes from his home to meet Ricardo; Ricardo finds the microphone that Vzquez placed in Manuel's office.
Que sigue?
Amanda and Anala attend Wilson's event to meet with Sandra, but the search unit shows up; Heraldo tells Manuel on the phone he has full control of the presidential campaign.
Traicion Latente
Otero orders Jaime to asks the Cali cartel for more money, but he admits to be really scared of them; Colonel Vsquez discovers the cartel has attached a bug to the prosecutor's office's phone.
Entre la vida y la muerte
Ignoring whether the informant is still loyal to the Cali cartel or has been convinced by Escolar to damage it, Ricardo arrives at the Basilica to face the enemy.
Pistas
Palomino admits to being the Ramrez-Orjuela brothers' accountant; the General orders the Colonel to quit his post in the military and to hand over the non-official documents he is supposed to have.
Miedo
Ricardo tells Ramss Manuel suspects he is passing on information to the DEA; Fernando proposes to Lena; the General orders the Colonel to move to Urab.
A punto de explotar
Ricardo shows up at the notary because he will be Fernando's best man; Ricardo admits having invested in Fernando's company with the only aim of laundering money; the police show up at Edilberto's house and arrest him.
Bienvenido
Manuel threatens Ricardo that, if he doesn't help him avoid being caught, he will reveal the names of the people Ricardo has bribed, who betrayed him, how they developed the constitution and the details of the election.
Terminos
Ricardo finds out Samuel has been released on bail; Lena is upset after finding out Ricardo is again in trouble because of the cartel.
Explosion
Ricardo tells two DEA agents he can work with them to capture Manuel; Wilson tells Manuel Ricardo is betraying them.
Sin Trabajo
Ricardo fakes a phone call between Lena and Toa to make Manuel believe he is still loyal to him; the DEA agents arrive at Manuel's apartment to carry out an operation, but Builes thwarts their plans.
Decisiones
Fine offers Ricardo the opportunity to leave the country with his family, but he is determined to finish what he started; Builes manages to rescue Manuel before Colonel Aragn finds him.
Retiro
Mendoza is arrested and taken to a hearing with the prosecutors; Ricardo wants to pay Diego a visit in jail, but Lena warns him it could be a trap.
Entregarse a la justicia
Builes states Ricardo is in charge of guarding Manuel, but the prosecutor orders his arrest anyway.
Atrapando a un Pez Gordo
The prosecutor and the police go to Manuel's house; after finding the stash, the police arrest Manuel; the press asks him if he contributed to the San Pedro's campaign, but he denies supporting the president financially.
Encuentros
Wilson makes an appointment with Ricardo with the aim of killing him and asks Lunarejo to take care of the him; Michael asks Ricardo not to attend the meeting, but the decision has been taken.
Prioridades
Ricardo and Lena confront Wilson's gunmen; Wilson's men follow Toa to the hotel where Lena is staying.
Conquistando nuevos territorios
Lena leaves a message for Ricardo on the mirror at the motel room and tries to escape from Wilson's men; Ricardo sends his GPS coordinates to the DEA agents, unaware that Wilson's men are listening.
Guerras personales
Fine appears in a chopper to try to rescue Lea, Toa and Ricardo; Wilson lets Manuel know Ricardo managed to run away; Ricardo has been living in the States for 16 years.
El Ultimo y nos vamos
Callega and Irene come to Ricardo's house to try to settle their differences.
Vecinos Peligrosos
To Ricardo's surprise, the informant is one of his neighbors from the time he worked at the battery factory in Cali.
Esposas
Manuel pays a visit to his wives at the Club de los Rojos to update them on the new security measures.
10 Millones
At the office, Lena finds out somebody has taken 10 million dollars from the company's bank account.
Besos
Everything has been set up to develop the plan to make Colonel Vzquez fall for Nelly.
Microfonos
After discovering a microphone hidden, a furious Manuel looks for Ricardo, underestimating his great skills.
Distancia
In order to preserve the little dignity he has left, Ricardo tells Lena what he did to Colonel Vzquez.
Apoyo
Luisa interrupts a meeting organized by Vsquez; she promises to support him and asks him not to give up the fight to destroy the cartel.
Burlas
Vazquez and his team finish searching the venue where the party has taken place, puzzled to find none of the cartel bosses attended the party.
Vision a futuro
Manuel and Edilberto decide to keep Vsquez and Nelly's video a secret for the time being, as they rather bring the video to public attention when the Colonel is no longer protected by the government and can be dismissed.
El dinero compra todo
Ricardo confirms the fat cats in Cali can get anything they want with money.
En la adversidad
Ricardo and Lena are forced to spend the night together in an improvised camp, and they end up bonding.
Honor
Ricardo is forced once again to break his code of honor; this time he will do it to protect all the politicians who work for the cartel.
Grabaciones
Manuel gets back together with the widow; Heraldo calls Manuel on the phone to inform him their conversations have been taped.
Campañas
The press publishes a letter from the Ramrez brothers to Attorney Grautoff, in which they state no political campaing was willing to accept their financial support, but also suggest Aldana's campaign was legal.
8000
Palomino arrives at the prosecutor's office with the aim of giving his testimony.
Pruebas
Manuel puts Ricardo's loyalty to test and invites him to his fake birthday party, to which Ramss and other three people have also been invited.
Lluvia de asesinatos
After witnessing Gmez's death, Ricardo is about to see another murder, a lot more brutal than the last one.
Casos Pasados
Manuel is perplexed after the president decides to stop supporting the operation; the President's office starts pushing the prosecutor's office; Palomino's cold case is reopened.
La DEA en acción
The DEA operations prove to be really effective when finally the drug lords hear about Blumenthal's arrest.
Sin Retorno
With the Americans leading the operation, there is no way back, and the procedure continues as planned.
Allanamiento
Unaware of the fact that Palencia collaborates with the cartel, the Americans and Marisol try to convince Captain Vegalara of joining the mission to apprehend Manuel.
Todas las pistas cuentan
Unaware of the fact that Palencia collaborates with the cartel, the Americans and Marisol try to convince Captain Vegalara of joining the mission to apprehend Manuel.
Desesperado
Desperate, Ricardo finally tells Lena about his plans to break away from the cartel; meanwhile he pretends to be helping Yusti get everything ready to kill the Chilean guy.
Dobles Intenciones
Lena offers Ricardo to move back in with them because that way he will be able to find out more about the boss's whereabouts.
Traicion
Through Blumenthal, Ricardo communicates with Bokowski, an American agent who is willing to help him.
Tan cerca y tan lejos
Lázaro asks Alberto to teach him how to shoot; Diógenes sets Rosita a trap and takes her with Abbes; Urania tells Susana Agustín handed her over to Rafael to have his forgiveness.
Salvarse o morir
Ricardo manages to convince Lena that his plan with the DEA is a good idea.
Informacion
Ricardo patrols the streets where he believes Manuel could be hiding; an encounter with Quique finally leads him to the boss's whereabouts.
Misión Casi Cumplida
The agents and the rest of the team break in the boss's apartment, only to find Ever inside.
Documentos
As the Americans cannot seem to locate Manuel's hideout, Ricardo asks them to look in Manuel's desk, where they will find a valuable object.
Autorizacion
As the Americans cannot seem to locate Manuel's hideout, Ricardo asks them to look in Manuel's desk, where they will find a valuable object.
La ultima prueba
Manuel puts Ricardo to test when he asks him to find Palencia a lawyer.
En el limite
At the hearing, Mendoza states that he has a strong link with the cartel.
Evidencia
In accordance to Diego del Mazo's plan, Builes shows up at the prosecutor's office to inform on Ricardo.
Declaraciones
Otero is deeply distressed after hearing he is a recurrent name in Mendoza's testimony.
Escondite
While the DEA agents train a team to begin a new operation to capture Manuel, he is in his apartment organizing a new hideout.
Visitas
Pilar takes her son to see his dad for the first time in a very long time; even though their visit makes him feel anxious, he is happy to see them again.
La ultima esperanza
By tapping the cartel's phone calls, Ricardo is able to confirm that same night the criminals are going after him and Palomino; their only shield is the DEA's protection.
Entre la muerte y la libertad
Ricardo gets desperate when he realizes Fine is late for their appointment, unaware that Lena and Toa are about to be caught by members of the cartel.
Fin
While Palomino leaves the country with his son, Ricardo, Lena and Toa are finally rescued by Fine, the DEA agent.
Cast
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Details
Original Title
En la Boca del Lobo
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
80
Production
Sony Pictures Television International, Teleset
